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PATEN i1? OFFICE BURRELL T. LANDERS, or oHERRYvALE, KANSAS.

HANDLE.

`S13el'scation of Letters Patent.

Patented J' an. 29, 1907.

Application iled July'28, 1906. Serial No. 328,265.

To all when@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURRELL T. LANDERs, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Cherryvale, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Handles, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

The invention relates yto an improvementl in handles for agricultural orother implewhereby a single handle is adapted for service v with anumber of implements.

The invention will be described in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same, partly sectioned to illustrate theconnection between the implement and handle. Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing a modified form of implement-shank. Fig. 4 is a plan, partlybroken off, showing the form of shank indicated in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, my improved handle comprises a section 1,which-may be of any material or in any form desired, said section beingreduced at the forward end to provide an extension 2, adapted to enter asocket 3 formed in the rear end of a section 4, forming an extension ofthe handle proper. The section 4 isto be iixedly secured relative to thesectionl and is of a diameter equal to the diameter of section 1,wherebyto provide a flush connection at the unction. The section 4 ispreferably metallic and is formed in the forward end with acentrally-disposed recess 5, which is angular in cross-section, beingpreferably square.

The tool or implement 6, which is of course to be of any form, is formedor provided with a shank 7, corresponding in sectional contour and sizeto the recess 5 in the handle-section 4 said shank being preferablythough not necessarily equal in length to the depth of said recess.Adjacent one end the shank 7 is formed with an opening 8, preferablyextending entirely through the shank from top to bottom and so-disposedlongitudinally of the -shank as to register with an opening 9 formed inthe upper wall of the recess 5 of the handle section 4, when said shankis in operative position within the recess. A latch member 10,comprising la single length of spring material, is secured at one end tothe handle-section 4 through the medium of a bolt or pin 11, the oposite end of the latch projecting relatively orward of the opening 9 andbeing upwardly turned to provide a projection or handle 12 forconvenience in operation. The latch member is formed with a dependingextension 13, designed to seat in the opening 9, said extension being ofsufficient length to project within the recess 5 when the latch memberis in operative position.

The implement is connected to the handle by inserting the shank 7thereof in the recess 5, the latch member being elevated againstinherent resiliency of the member to remove the extension 13 from thepath of the shank. When the shank is fully inserted, the. latch memberis released, permitting the extension 13 to enter the opening S in theshank, and thereby lock the same in fixed relation to the handle.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a modified form of shank, which comprises asingle'member t 14, bent at a point intermediate its lengthto providespaced arms 15, which are extended in slightly-divergent relation fromthe central bend to provide a shank of a length to cooperate with therecess 5, the arms 15 bej By preference the arms 15 willy when incontact provide, in effect, a single member having a contour and sizecorresponding to that of the recess 5.

In use of the modified form of shank it will be noted that the insertionthereof within the recess tends to force the arms 15 together, therebyutilizing the spring tension of the arms as a means yfor setting theshank within the recess.

The present invention contemplates a means whereby a single handle isadapted to provide for the operative support of a number of implements,it being understood that all of the implements intended for use in anyparticular occupation may be provided with IOO a shank of either thepreferred or modified form, so that said implements may as they aredesired for use be connected with the handle. The particular securingmeans is of simple construction, providing when in locking position asecure holding means for the implement, while at the same timepermittin@V the ready disconnection of the handle an implement by asimple disengagement of the latch member.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. rhecombination with a handle formed in its forward end with acentrally-disposed longitudinally-extending recess, the upper wall ofthe recess being formed with an opening, and a latch member comprising asingle length of material bent at one end to form an eye, bentintermediate its ends to form an extension to register with the openingin the recess-wall, and bent at its forward end to form an eye arrangedin a plane at right angles to the first-mentioned eye, and means forsecuring the eye at the rear end of the latch to the handle, of animplement and a shank therefor arranged to it the recess in the handle,the shank being formed with an opening to register with the opening inthe handle and receive the latch extension.

2. A tool-handle formed in the forward end with a centrally-disposedrecess of angular contour, a latch member having an extension projectingthrough one wall of the recess, and a tool-shank comprising divergentmembers adapted when in contact to correspond in size and contour to therecess, the proximate faces of the member being recessed to provide anopening to receive the extension of the latch n. ember.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BURRELL T. LANDERS.

Witnesses:

W. L. PLowMAN, THos. J. STRAUB.

